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Apple Mac Owners Infected?

Apple Mac owners using the Google search engine may have been infected via malicious ads at the tip-top of their search results last week after attackers launched a malvertising campaign against Google Adwords. In an act of gumption or plain cheek, the attackers' malicious lure of choice was a phony ad for one of Google's own products, Google Chrome. Read Moretags: Google Chrome, Apple, Mac, Google

Android Code Execution AirDroid Attacks

AirDroid, which has been downloaded over 10 million times from the official Google Play Store, uses a static and easily detectable encryption key when transmitting update files and sensitive user data. Read Moretags: Android, AirDroid Attacks, Android Code Execution, AirDroid

NSA Allegedly Hacked

Hackers claim to have stolen attack code from a team of sophisticated cyber spies known as the "Equation Group”, widely believed to be associated with the National Security Agency. The hackers have offered to sell the exploits to the highest bidder in an online Bitcoin auction. The "teaser" files appear to date back to June 2013 and the file names, such as “BANANAGLEE”, “EPICBANANA”, and “JETPLOW” are consistent with NSA programs leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden. Read Moretags: NSA Allegedly Hacked, National Security Agency NSA, Bitcoin, Edward Snowden, BANANAGLEE, EPICBANANA, JETPLOW

Is Your Home Cyber Secure?

The SANS Securing The Human Creating a Cyber-Secure Home poster walks families through the five key steps on how to create a cyber secure home. What makes this poster so powerful is these are the same secure behaviors that most organizations want employees to exhibit at work. SANS Securing The Human, a division of the SANS Institute, provides organizations with a complete and comprehensive security awareness solution, enabling them to easily and effectively manage their human cybersecurity risk. Cyber-Secure Hometags: SANS Creating a Cyber Secure Home, Securing The Human, security awareness

Google Patches Android for 74 Vulnerabilities

Google announced its last regularly scheduled security patch update for Android in 2016 on Dec. 5, patching no less than 74 different vulnerabilities in the mobile operating system. The December vulnerability patch count is an improvement over the 83 vulnerabilities patched by Google in the November Android security update. Read Moretags: Google, Android, Google Patches Android

Apple OS X and Safari Patches for Trident

Apple has issued OS X security updates to fix critical zero-day vulnerabilities in El Capitan (2016-001) and Yosemite (2016-005) desktop operating systems and Safari web browser. The vulnerabilities were revealed in a troubling report that also detailed how a shadowy firm named the NSO Group had been exploiting the vulnerabilities to spy on targeted individuals.tags: Apple OS X, Trident, El Capitan, Yosemite, Safari, CVE-2016-4655, CVE-2016-4656Read More

Windows 10 Freezes After Anniversary Update

The ‘Anniversary Update’ is the largest Windows 10 upgrade so far. It is compulsory, but as it began rolling out, reports followed that the mega update is causing PCs to freeze, delivering the Microsoft Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). tags: Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft, BSODRead More

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